About this role
Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Validation Engineer with expertise in Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon validation of SoCs/ASICs, extensive knowledge of high-speed and low-speed peripheral interfaces, and strong Embedded Software/Firmware development skills. The ideal candidate will drive validation strategy, test development, debug, silicon bring-up, and product qualification activities from architecture review through production readiness.
Job Qualifications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field. • 7+ years of experience in Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon Validation. • Strong understanding of SoC architecture and subsystem interactions. • Experience with ARM-based multicore SoCs and embedded systems. • Deep understanding of hardware-software interaction. • Experience with lab equipment and protocol analyzers. • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Key Responsibilities
• Review architecture, micro-architecture, and design specifications for SoC/IP features. • Develop validation plans, test strategies, and coverage metrics. • Work closely with Design, Verification, Firmware, and Architecture teams to ensure feature completeness and quality.
• Develop and execute validation test plans on FPGA, Emulation, and Silicon platforms. • Develop validation plan for stress test scenarios for subsystem and SoC-level • Lead first-silicon bring-up and characterization activities. • Validate functional correctness and compliance. • Debug silicon issues using logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, SWD, and trace tools. • Root cause failures and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams. • Support customer issue resolution and field failure analysis.
• Strong experience validating and debugging for the peripherals QSPI, XSPI, I2S, UART, SPI, I2C/I3C, CAN / CAN-FD, LIN • Peripheral Compliance and interoperability testing. • Throughput-Speed, latency, stress, and error injection testing. • PHY and controller-level debug.
• Develop Embedded C firmware for silicon validation. • Create board bring-up software and diagnostic frameworks. • Develop bare-metal, RTOS, based validation applications. • Driver development and debugging for peripheral interfaces. • Implement test automation frameworks for silicon validation. • Develop scripts using Python, Shell, or Perl for automation and data analysis. • Analyze boot flow, initialization sequences, and firmware interactions. • Debug firmware, hardware, and system-level issues.
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